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Editorial Reviews

From acclaimed filmmakers Michael Winterbottom (The Trip, The Killer Inside Me) and Mat Whitecross (The Road to Guantanamo), and based on Naomi Klein's provocative bestselling book of the same name, The Shock Doctrine is a gripping and incisive deconstruction of how radical free market policies have come to dominate the world.

Using shock therapy as a metaphor, the film investigates Klein s central idea of disaster capitalism. When countries are jolted by catastrophic events such as war or natural disasters, they are often subjected to totally un-regulated free market remedies that benefit corporations at public expense. The film traces the doctrine s beginnings from the theories of Milton Friedman and the Chicago School economists, through its implementation over the past 40 years in Pinochet s Chile, Yeltsin's Russia, Thatcher's Britain, and the American Neo-Con directed invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

It is scary to look at history through an unpolished lens. But it is so important to do so, and this book will show you a reality that demands your involvement or burden you with guilt for not doing so.

There is nothing I can say that would add to the accolades... Except this: This is required reading for anyone who wants to discuss politics for me. Explains more than any other single book. This book is a gift to modern humanity. No kidding.